WEBVTT HOUSE WHEN THE SHOOTINGOCCURRED.>> I WAS SHOCKED.IT WAS RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE.>> IT WAS CRAZY.JUST WALKING TO THE STORE.REPORTER: IT WAS JUST BEFORENOON WEDNESDAY WHEN NEIGHBORS INTHE 2600 BLOCK OF MAGAZINESTREET WATCHED A MAN LYING ONHIS SIDE AND IN HANDCUFFS BEINGLOADED INTO A WAITING AMBULANCE.FIRST DIVISION OFFICERS HADRESPONDED THERE 30 MINUTESBEFORE AFTER A NEIGHBOR CALLEDTO REPORT A MAN DOING DRUGS NEXTTO AN ABANDONED HOME.ONCE ON SCENE THAT NEIGHBOR TOLDPOLICE THE MAN WHO SHE SAYS HADINITIALLY APPROACHED A WOMANGETTING OUT OF HER CAR WAS NOWINSIDE THAT ABANDONED HOME.LMPD CHIEF STEVE CONRAD SAYS 3OFFICERS ANNOUNCED THEIRPRESENCE, CLEARED THE HOME, ANDWERE READY TO LEAVE WHEN THESHOOTING OCCURED.>> ONE OFFICER, A WHITE FEMALE,ABSURD A MAN HIDING BEHIND AMATTRESS THAT WAS LEANING UPAGAINST THE WALL IN ONE OF THEROOMS.THE OFFICER ORDERED THE MAN, ABLACK MALE, TO SHOW HIS HANDSAND THEN FIRED ONE SHOT STRIKINGTHE MAN IN THE ABDOMEN.REPORTER: NEIGHBORS SAY THEEMPTY HOME WHERE THE SHOOTINGOCCURRED AND THE ONE NEXT DOORHAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MONTHS.POLICE ARE CALLED, THE HOMES AREBOARDED UP, BUT NEIGHBORS SAYTHE PEACE AND QUIET ON THEIRBLOCK DOESN'T LAST LONG.>> THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM.THEY CONSTANTLY FIND A WAY OFGETTING IN THESE ABANDONEDHOMES.REPORTER: AND WHILE POLICE DIDNOT TALK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THESITUATION WEDNESDAY, SOMENEIGHBORS DON'T BELIEVE THESHOOTING WAS WARRANTED.>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOOTPEOPLE TO BRING THEM DOWN.REPORTER: BACK YOUR LIVETONIGHT.THE OFFICER INVOLVED, AND HERNAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED,IS ON ADMINSTRATIVE DUTY, WHICHIS CUSTOMARY IN THESESITUATIONSTHE MAN THAT WAS SHOT REMAINS ATUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.HE HAS MADE IT OUT OF ONESURGERY, BUT MORE SURGERIES AREPOSSIBLE.REPORTING LIVE AT LMPD

A man remains at University Hospital after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning in the Russell neighborhood.

According to police, a neighbor had called police to report a man allegedly doing drugs next to an abandoned home in the 2600 block of Magazine Street.

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Initially, just one First Division officer arrived on scene around 11:30 a.m. but two others soon responded.

The woman who called 911 tells WLKY she became frightened when she saw the man approach a woman getting out of the car.

By the time officers arrived on scene, she said, the man had gone into the abandoned house next door.

LMPD Chief Steve Conrad, during a brief press conference Wednesday evening, said the three officers made entry into the home, announcing themselves multiple times.

According to Conrad the officers had cleared the home and were ready to leave when the shooting occurred, "One officer, a white female, observed a man hiding behind a mattress leaning up against a wall in one of the rooms. The officer ordered the man, a black male, to show his hands and then fired one shot- striking the man in the abdomen."

Conrad also said, "The officers called for EMS and provided first aid while waiting for EMS to arrive. The man was transported to University of Louisville Hospital where he underwent surgery for a gun shot wound."

Neighbors tell WLKY the empty home where the shooting occurred and the one next door have been a problem for months.

Police are called, the homes are boarded up, but neighbors say the peace and quiet on their block does not last long.

"That don't stop them. They constantly find a way to get into these abandoned homes," Cornelia Cornelison said.

The officer, whose name has not been released, has been placed on adminstrative duty, while the Public Integrity Unit investigates.

Conrad said he is planning to release body cam video and more details at a second press conference Thursday afternoon.